On the topic of boat preferences or etiquette

[retiredRN]

This thread has been most helpful. As a hayday addict, I have become a bit frustrated by everyone requesting sugar. I have been sending those boats away if I can not complete them myself in a timely fashion. Once however, I filled a crate before realizing brown sugar was also on the boat. A wonderful neighbor did help out. I am forever in her debt.

What PinkStarbelly pointed out to me that I had not thought of was opening up my entire boat each time. This is how the game should be played. My neighbors can get boat points. I do think that I will fill it myself after maybe an hour to not lose out on the boat points that are received for quick completion.

I agree send away the sugar and cream boats and open up all the crates to help out our fellow neighbors. Not just the hard to fill items.

[Swisspie81]

This thread has been most helpful. As a hayday addict, I have become a bit frustrated by everyone requesting sugar. I have been sending those boats away if I can not complete them myself in a timely fashion. Once however, I filled a crate before realizing brown sugar was also on the boat. A wonderful neighbor did help out. I am forever in her debt.

What PinkStarbelly pointed out to me that I had not thought of was opening up my entire boat each time. This is how the game should be played. My neighbors can get boat points. I do think that I will fill it myself after maybe an hour to not lose out on the boat points that are received for quick completion.

I agree send away the sugar and cream boats and open up all the crates to help out our fellow neighbors. Not just the hard to fill items.

fair enough, but:
What about those of us who need the "make so much money by filling your own boat achievement"?

[HoodatWhatzit]

fair enough, but:
What about those of us who need the "make so much money by filling your own boat achievement"?

Actually, Stevedore can be earned by filling other people's crates too. I didn't open my dock until just a few days ago, but I was earning credit for that achievement before then for filling crates. I remember thinking it was an error in the description of the challenge.

[Swisspie81]

Actually, Stevedore can be earned by filling other people's crates too. I didn't open my dock until just a few days ago, but I was earning credit for that achievement before then for filling crates. I remember thinking it was an error in the description of the challenge.

Hmm I see. Maybe they need to change the description so not to confuse us....

[dls881]

The so called "rules" are becoming too much. Open all crates, only fill the difficult, don't raid the stalls, buy all you want, don't you dare touch the last stall, return that trade item you bought from the trade stall, You better say thank you after the trade, make sure you water my trees if you want to be a good neighbor, make sure your tree is where I can see it, don't sell your bacon and eggs, don't advertise your B&E, help lower level players, etc, etc.

I say play the game the way you want. If you don't like the way a friend is playing, just delete and move on. If you get deleted, don't worry about it, there are plenty more players asking for friends.

[SarahLou]

Personally, I think changes to the 'ask for help' facility on boats would be beneficial. Aside from Supercell reducing the ridiculous demands for sugar/dairy/ice cream/jam (which gets very boring to come across time after time), players should HAVE to fill at least one crate from each order category before the help button can be activated. This would significantly reduce the amount of boats requiring help, particularly with difficult orders, which in turn could see more useful or high demand items in the newspaper when players need to release barn items to make storage space.

Secondly, once 'ask for help' has been requested, players should not be able to fill those particular crates on their own boat-this will make many think twice before doing so. I have a lot of followers as I help boats frequently but it is irritating when you go to the trouble of making the amount for the order only to find the player completed it themselves! Why ask for help in the first place?! I am then left with a barn or silo fit to burst and have to get rid of the stuff I've made. Needless to say, I don't help these followers anymore.

Perhaps Supercell will consider this for their next update? Who knows.........

Thanks for the info on sending a ship away immediately-I didn't know this and I've always left a boat needing aforementioned difficult/impossible to complete orders to run out of time and move away, but shall be sending them on their merry way from now on!

[Pennypen]

Hi Neicy! All you have to do is push the same button you push to send the boat off. Just push it when it arrives, before any crates are filled, they'll ask if you want to send it off and just confirm that yes, you do want to send the boat off. If you have any other questions about it, I'd be happy to help!

I can't believe I'm just discovering this...


a whole new world!!!

[HoodatWhatzit]

Secondly, once 'ask for help' has been requested, players should not be able to fill those particular crates on their own boat-this will make many think twice before doing so. I have a lot of followers as I help boats frequently but it is irritating when you go to the trouble of making the amount for the order only to find the player completed it themselves! Why ask for help in the first place?! I am then left with a barn or silo fit to burst and have to get rid of the stuff I've made. Needless to say, I don't help these followers anymore.

From what I've read, most folks are opening all crates (ie: "ask for help") to allow others to fill if they can for wheel points.

Before I went to the Captain III thread (almost there ), I had started opening all crates and filling some of the harder ones myself. If people filled most of the crates and only one or two more needed filling and I had the stock, I would complete my own orders so I could send my boat... Especially if I needed to go offline for a bit and needed 4 hours without checking my boat.


Personally, I did not plan my production queues around someone else's needs... But if I had and the crate had been filled,I would have either sold off the extras or filled someone else's crates.

I am beginning to understand why so many players want a chat feature for friends. it's too hard to know what everyone likes and doesn't like.

I just try to remember.... “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time."

[SarahLou]

Evidently what I was thinking did not quite portray in what I typed!

What I meant was when a boat comes in, player clicks ask for help as a matter of course, then fills the crate(s) within a very short space of time. In the meantime, the player willing to help (ie me!)starts production on those items (which can't then be cancelled) or scours the newspaper. Whilst I appreciate that another player may fill the crate before I can, I don't appreciate it being the person I was trying to help out in the first place-it just feels like a bit of a wasted effort

I think as a happy medium, there should at least be a time delay to when a player can then fill a crate on their own ship when help has been requested

[haymen]

Personally, I think changes to the 'ask for help' facility on boats would be beneficial. Aside from Supercell reducing the ridiculous demands for sugar/dairy/ice cream/jam (which gets very boring to come across time after time), players should HAVE to fill at least one crate from each order category before the help button can be activated. This would significantly reduce the amount of boats requiring help, particularly with difficult orders, which in turn could see more useful or high demand items in the newspaper when players need to release barn items to make storage space.

Secondly, once 'ask for help' has been requested, players should not be able to fill those particular crates on their own boat-this will make many think twice before doing so. I have a lot of followers as I help boats frequently but it is irritating when you go to the trouble of making the amount for the order only to find the player completed it themselves! Why ask for help in the first place?! I am then left with a barn or silo fit to burst and have to get rid of the stuff I've made. Needless to say, I don't help these followers anymore.

Hey dis881, there's a couple more "rules" you can add in your list.